The Indiana State Police are conducting an enforcement patrol in several areas across the state of Indiana today, July 14, 2021. The troopers will be riding in commercial motor vehicles in this initiative and while they will not ignore dangerous traffic violations, their primary focus will be on drivers who are violating Indiana’s “hands free” law […]
Not all truck accidents are caused by truck drivers. Many crashes involving a semi or large commercial truck and a car are caused by the automobile driver. The most comprehensive analysis of commercial truck accidents found that in collisions between trucks and passenger cars, the passenger car driver or vehicle was at fault slightly more […]
Susan Stroh, 67, of Angola, Indiana was rear-ended by a Dump Truck owned by the Steuben County Highway Department on CR 200 North in Steuben County on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, around 12:45 p.m. according to a local news article. It was reported that Stroh was eastbound on CR 200 North at the time of […]
Missouri reported 15,764 crashes involving large commercial trucks and buses in 2019. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol statistics, the truck accidents led to 145 deaths. The statistics show that the rate of deaths in crashes involving large trucks in Missouri is nearly double that of car accidents. The National Highway Traffic Highway Safety Administration […]
A 68-year-old Montgomery, Illinois man was pronounced dead at the scene when a semi stopped due to construction was rear-ended by another semi. The other driver, a 54-year-old Pennsylvania woman was transported to hospital, but the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. The crash occurred in the southbound lanes of Tri-State Tollway south of I-55 at […]
Crystal Ragan (36) of Frankfort was partially ejected from the vehicle she was driving when a collision occurred with another vehicle at the intersection of County Road 700 North and State Road 75 on Monday, June 28th. Fox 59 News also reported that two of the 4 children in Ragan’s vehicle were ejected as well. Ragan was […]
Large truck and tractor-trailer drivers transport goods across Indiana and the Midwest. Most tractor-trailer drivers are long-haul drivers who operate trucks with weights exceeding 26,000 pounds. Unfortunately, large trucks are involved in a disproportionate share of fatal crashes. Tractor-trailers and semis account for about 5 percent of all registered motor vehicles but are involved in […]
If you live near or travel on Interstate 70 between Greenfield and Indianapolis, Indiana you are likely aware of the of the mess that the construction zone has created for travelers since last week. According to a recent article by Richard Essex of Wish TV.com News 8, an INDOT spokesperson reported that more than a […]
State Police were called to investigate a collision near the 52 mile marker on eastbound I-70 in Morgan County just after midnight on Thursday, June 10th. According to the Indiana State Police Bulletin, preliminary investigation showed that Alfred Hill Jr., age 37, of Houston, Texas was attempting to set out emergency triangles around his 2001 […]
Two recent dump truck accidents in Indiana that resulted in multiple deaths may make people wonder who is responsible when such tragedies occur. The initial answer is that our attorneys often find negligence on the part of the truck driver when we investigate truck accidents. But others may be at fault as well. There may […]
